Dynamic Allocation or Diversification : A Regime-Based Approach to Multiple Assets
(2017) In Journal of Portfolio Management 44(2). p.62-73- Abstract
- This article investigates whether regime-based asset allocation can effectively respond to changes in financial regimes at the portfolio level in an effort to provide better long-term results when compared to a static 60/40 benchmark. The potential benefit from taking large positions in a few assets at a time comes at the cost of reduced diversification. The authors analyze this trade-off in a multi-asset universe with great potential for static diversification. The regime-based approach is centered around a regime-switching model with time-varying parameters that can match financial markets’ behavior and a new, more intuitive way of inferring the hidden market regimes. The empirical results show that regime-based asset allocation is... (More)
- This article investigates whether regime-based asset allocation can effectively respond to changes in financial regimes at the portfolio level in an effort to provide better long-term results when compared to a static 60/40 benchmark. The potential benefit from taking large positions in a few assets at a time comes at the cost of reduced diversification. The authors analyze this trade-off in a multi-asset universe with great potential for static diversification. The regime-based approach is centered around a regime-switching model with time-varying parameters that can match financial markets’ behavior and a new, more intuitive way of inferring the hidden market regimes. The empirical results show that regime-based asset allocation is profitable, even when compared to a diversified benchmark portfolio. The results are robust because they are based on available market data with no assumptions about forecasting skills. (Less)
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- Nystrup, Peter
; Hansen, Bo William
; Olejasz Larsen, Henrik
; Madsen, Henrik
and Lindström, Erik
LU
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- 2017
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- Contribution to journal
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- Journal of Portfolio Management
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- 44
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- 2
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- 12 pages
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- Institutional Investor Journals Group
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- scopus:85041288600
- ISSN
- 0095-4918
- DOI
- 10.3905/jpm.2018.44.2.062
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- English
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